Which port the ships at sea (mainly referring to merchant ships) go to and when they will arrive, is a troubling question.

ETA forecasts are most important for designation of port operation plans, meeting the need for logistics visualization by shippers, or concerning of futures investors on the number of arrivals of bulk cargoes.

The Vessels Enhanced Recognition Knowledge Base (VERKB) is a big data decision-support tool which can help us gain insight into the identities, behaviors and intentions of surrounding ships.
According to Ship Name, IMO number, MMSI number (An ID issued by the ITU) and Position coordinates of surrounding ship s received by the unmanned ship during navigation, we can automatically provide the following information for this ship: